Garden City USD 457 faces funding hurdle for high school plan
Kansas lawmakers tackle a budget deficit that could hit 1 billion by 2010, with talks of cutting K-12 funds. Governor Sebelius proposes education cuts and local government freezes while debating state bond payments for USD 457's 97.5 million facilities plan. If state support wanes, the district's new high school, middle school shifts, and elementary center could be jeopardized.
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Bnee
Garden City
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
GCHS
Abe Hubert
Garfield
First Amendment Text Cited In Brief Feature
The article quotes the First Amendment clause protecting religion free exercise speech press assembly and petition. It outlines its role in limiting government action and safeguarding civil liberties in public discourse. The text underscores foundational rights central to U.S. constitutional law.
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Congress
Health diplomacy and Medicare drug benefit progress
Former President Bush aimed to heal through education and health reform. In his first term No Child Left Behind passed with Spellings guiding it, and Thompson and Leavitt led Medicare drug benefits efforts. Leavitt praises market-based cost control and urges cooperation with Obama, while applauding medical diplomacy as a peace messenger.
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George W. Bush
Congress
Margaret Spellings
White House
Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Wisconsin
Mike Leavitt
Utah
National Governors Association
Washington
Leavitt
Thompson
Medicare
Treasury
Barack Obama
HHS
Senate
Tom Daschle
Obama
Kabul
Afghanistan
America
Nouri al- Maliki
Castro
Cuba
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Latin America
United States
No Oversight for Rich Bailouts as Poverty Deepens
Columnist William A. Collins argues that the government favors banks, insurers, and the auto industry with subsidies while offering scant relief to the poor. He cites food stamps, food banks, obesity, unemployment, and welfare reform as evidence that America neglects the needy, with Homeland Security guarding against threats but not poverty.
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Wall Street
Washington
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
America
Europe
United States
Bill Clinton
Congress
Pal
National Guard
Homeland Security
I Wish Rosa Parks Could See This Moment We Have Now
Leonard Pitts reflects on Rosa Parks and Civil Rights martyrs, imagining their presence as America honors progress. He links Parks, Emmett Till, Martin Luther King Jr and others to the milestone, lamenting absent voices while affirming the nation’s evolving promise.
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Montgomery
U.S
Rosa
Barack Obama
Capitol
Mom
Mother Pollard
Fannie Lou Hamer
Mississippi
Malcolm X
America
Martin Luther King
Lincoln Memorial
Fannie
Malcolm
Emmett
Martin
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Connecticut
MinutemanMedia.org
Leonard Pitts
Miami
Herale
Clara Ward
The
Miami Herald
Herald Plaza
Fla
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